Hi, me again! The one with all the many questions! :)
So............. we've urgently got to get a chook system up and running. I've got two different ideas:
Our chook called Fridge seems in great discomfort. I noticed this morning (at feeding time) that her crop is incredibly full and she making some strange neck and head movements as if she's stretching.
I'm wondering if I should pop her in isolation, ju
So, there are about a million flies in my chook run and whenever I cook, a couple hundred of them move into my house...does anyone have any tips and tricks for dealing with this at the source??
Well, we got our 6 chickens about 4 weeks ago and they're SO cute. We've still got them inside (in a bird breeding cage actually) during the night and when it rains. In the day time (it's warm here!) when it's not raining we're putting them outside i
Read more…Well, we're unexpectedly starting our poulty adventure TODAY! I'm going with a friend to get 6 baby chickens today and I need to get organised!! We don't have a proper chook house yet, but we have some time up our sleeve for that apparently? In the m
Read more…Hi. We're just building a coop & getting a couple of backyard chooks in about a month. When you talk about sprouted grains, where do you get them? Are they the same grade as we'd eat?
Read more…Our chickens have a bad mite infestation. Any ideas of how to treat it please, a natural way would be good.
Read more…Ok I've been a bit quiet lately but a lot's been going on chook-wize. We starteds our chicken experience with 3 Hamburgs, and all was fine and dandy for a month. Then one day at about 3pm I noticed one was missing! It was 'Yellow' (leg band). She was
Read more…I ahve 4 pullets who have recently started laying - yesterday we had 3 eggs. All good. This morning I found 1 egg outside with a shell so soft the egg had fallen though it and a second egg with no shell at all was laid in the favourite nesting box.
Read more…Hi there, I've got 2 hi-line ex-battery farm hens which I believe to be about 3 years old. They are now free ranging on our urban section. We haven't had any eggs from our ladies for about 3 months. They seem to have finished moulting. Is it usual fo
Read more…One of our 4 hens has had obvious scaley leg mite since we got them all 9 months ago. The other 3 don't seem to have caught them yet despite very iintimate dust bathing together and 'host' hen's infestation doesn't seem to have got much worse. Is it
Read more…Hi I've put my fresh to week old chook poo in 20 litres of water and kept covered for nearly a month now... Has anyone done a similar fertisiler? How much did you water it down (chook water % + extra water %) before putting in on your plants? Is o
Read more…Hi all, I would like to get some geese, I have access to a bareland liftstyle block, which we are slowly building a house on, no one lives there at the moment but I visit every day. Does anyone have any experience with geese, what do they need to m
Read more…There is lots of competition for food around our way (Glen Eden) from ducks and other bird. No sign of any rats though, which could be one benefit of living next door to a cat hoarder. We are tired of Blackie (Langshans) and Rockie (Barred Plymouth
Read more…What is the best treatment to kill off mites on chickens? what are the best products to use and how much do they cost? What is the best way to disinfect and kill mites hidding in the hen house?
Read more…UNSEXED chookies. the mother jumped the fence to three roosters (black orpington, light sussex & brown shaver- I think, he's got a bit of red in him) so babies are a real mix. they free to a good home, I can't guarantee sexes sorry!
Read more…Does anyone have a recipe for a homemade chook food that could be used as an alternative to the commercially availiable mash and crumble mixes? I'd like to know what grains and extras to include.
Read more…Hi everyone, I have a very broody hen and would love to get some fertilised eggs for her to hatch. Does anyone have/know of anyone who has fertilised eggs for sale around Cambridge or Hamilton New Zealand?
Read more…I have to make a decision regarding getting ducks this morning. They are 2 almost 3 week old chicks, Indian Runner/Rouen cross, so flightless. Hopefully female, at least that's what the lady who currently has them was told; I don't know how early you
Read more…We got our three point of lay hamburg pullets just over a week ago, from Fred van Lier, and they have been laying for us pretty much since then. Not a lot (rate of 250 per year per bird), and they're medium size (approx 42.5 grams to be precise) but
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